![Dinosaurs are still found today as they shrank to birds Dinosaurs are still found today as they shrank to birds](http://www.saharasamay.com/pics/article/2014_05_07_10_28_21_dinosaur600B.jpg)
"Dinosaurs aren't extinct; there are about 10,000 species alive today in the form of birds. We wanted to understand the evolutionary links between this exceptional living group, and their Mesozoic relatives, including well-known extinct species like T rex, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus," said Dr Roger Benson of Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences.